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Current legal name is Kamal Ibn John Fareed. See more trivia »

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Johnathan Davis
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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2012 The X Factor (TV series)
– Live Show 2 (2012) (writer: "Back for Good/Groove Is in the Heart/Gangnam Style/Pump Up the Jam" - uncredited)
 
2011 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV series)
– The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Qualifying (2011) (performer: "Vivrant Thing" - uncredited)
 
2011 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Episode #11.5 (2011) (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart" - uncredited)
 
2011 90210 (TV series)
– Revenge of the Nerd (2011) ("Bang Bang Bang" - uncredited)
 
2011/I No Strings Attached (performer: "BANG BANG BANG")
 
2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
– Episode #9.20 (2010) (writer: "Bang Bang Bang")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Jim Parsons/Geoffrey Canada/Mark Ronson & The Business International (2010) (writer: "Bang Bang Bang" - uncredited / performer: "Bang Bang Bang" - uncredited)
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.319 (2010) (writer: "Award Tour" - uncredited)
 
2010 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– 1 of 10 Voted Off (2010) (performer: "Heels")
 
2009 Notorious (writer: "Gimme the Loot")
 
2008 Cadillac Records (performer: "Evolution of a Man")
 
2008 Step Brothers (writer: "Breathe and Stop" / as Kamaal Fareed / performer: "Breathe and Stop")
 
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2007 What Love Is (writer: "Groove is in the heart")
 
2006 Cobras & Lagartos (TV series)
– Episode dated 24 April 2006 (2006) (performer: "The Frog" / as Q-TIP)
 
2006 Take the Lead (performer: "I Got Rhythm Take the Lead Remix", "La Cumparsita Tango Remix")
 
2004/I Taxi (writer: "Pass the Courvoisier Part II" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2004 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.11 (2004) (performer: "Wrap It Up Tight", "V.D. Thing")
 
2003 Cheaper by the Dozen (writer: "People Come Together" / as K. Fareed / lyrics: "People Come Together" / as K. Fareed)
 
2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing (writer: "Pass the Courvoisier Part 2" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2003 Bad Boys II (writer: "Didn't Mean" / as Kamaal Ibn Fareed)
 
2003 Anne B. Real (writer: "Phony Rappers")
 
2002 Janet Jackson: Live in Hawaii (TV documentary) (writer: "Got 'til It's Gone" - uncredited / as Kamaal Ibn Fareed)
 
2001 On the Line (writer: "If Everybody Looked the Same" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2001 Max Keeble's Big Move (writer: "If Everybody Looked the Same" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2001 Made (writer: "Electric Relaxation" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2001 Save the Last Dance (performer: "You" / "You" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2000 Miss Congeniality (writer: "If Everybody Looked the Same" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2000 Charlie's Angels (writer: "Groove Is In The Heart" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2000 Get Carter (writer: "If Everybody Looked the Same" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2000 The Replacements (writer: "If Everybody Looked The Same")
 
2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds (writer: "If Everybody Looked the Same" / as K. Fareed)
 
2000 The Next Best Thing (writer: "If Everybody Looked The Same" / as K. Fareed)
 
2000 Boiler Room (writer: "Award Tour")
 
2000 Down to You (writer: "Groove Is In The Heart" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
1999 Skate and Destroy (Video Game) (writer: "Award Tour" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
1999/I Lost & Found (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
1998 Janet: The Velvet Rope (TV documentary) (writer: "Got 'til It's Gone" - uncredited / as Kamaal Ibn Fareed)
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary) (writer: "Check the Rhime", "Walk on the Wild Side" / as K. Fareed)
 
1998 Can't Hardly Wait (writer: "Groove Is In The Heart" The Deee-Remix / as Kamal Fareed)
 
1998 Ride (writer: "Never Say Goodbye" / as J. Davis)
 
1998 Slam (writer: "Hey" / as K. Fareed / performer: "Hey")
 
1996 High School High (writer: "Peace, Prosperity & Paper" / as Kamaal Ibn John Fareed)
 
1996 Get on the Bus (writer: "The Remedy")
 
1996 When We Were Kings (documentary) (performer: "Rumble In The Jungle")
 
1995 Kids (writer: "Crooklyn Instrumental" / as J. Davis / writer: "Oh My God Remix Version" / as John Davis)
 
1994 Beverly Hills Cop III ("Leavin'" / as J. Davis)
 
1993 Poetic Justice (writer: "Bonita Applebum" / as John William Davis / writer: "Gangsta Bitch" / as J. Davis)
 
1993 Mi vida loca (writer: "If the Papes Come" / as J. Davis)
 
1993 Hookers Hustlers Pimps and Their Johns (documentary) (writer: "Groove Is in the Heart" / as Kamaal Fareed)
 
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2010 Holy Rollers
Ephraim
 
2008 Cadillac Records
Hip Hop Artist
 
2004 She Hate Me
Vada Huff
 
2003 Death of a Dynasty
 
2001 Prison Song
Elijah Dixon
 
2000 Disappearing Acts (TV movie)
Reggie Baptiste (as Kamaal Fareed)
 
1999 Love Goggles
Complex/Narrator
 
1993 Poetic Justice
Markell
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2006 The Hip Hop Project (documentary) (associate producer)
 
2001 Prison Song (executive producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2001 Prison Song (written by)
 
Show ShowSelf (42 titles)
2009 Welcome to Blakroc (documentary) (post-production)
 
2014 Check the Rhyme (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (documentary)
Himself
 
2011/II The Art of Blending (short)
Himself
 
2011/I The Art of Blending (short)
Himself
 
2011 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (documentary)
Himself (as Kamaal Fareed)
 
2008-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Musical Support
– Jim Parsons/Geoffrey Canada/Mark Ronson & The Business International (2010) … Himself - Musical Support
– Episode #16.37 (2008) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #1.112 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2009 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Minnie Riperton (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
1994-2009 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself / Himself - A Tribe Called Quest
– Teri Hatcher/Aries Spears/Q-Tip (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 June 1994 (1994) … Himself - A Tribe Called Quest
 
2008 mtvU Woodie Awards 2008 (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2008 Janet Jackson: 2008 Rock Witchu Tour (video documentary short)
 
2007 mtvU Woodie Awards 2007 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.66 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Work of Director Mark Romanek (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Got Til It's Gone")
 
2004 Fade to Black (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11: A Movement in Time (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Got 'Til It's Gone")
 
2004 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.10 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Hip Hop Babylon 2 (TV documentary)
Host
 
2003 Lyricist Lounge: Hip Hop Video Classics (video)
Himself (as A Tribe Called Quest)
 
2003 Nigger or Not? (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology (video)
Himself
 
2002 Through the Years of Hip Hop, Vol. 1: Graffiti (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Buddy")
 
2001 Cypress Hill: Still Smokin' (video documentary)
Himself (segment "How I Could Just Kill a Man")
 
2000 The Lyricist Lounge Show (TV series)
Himself (2000)
 
2000 Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (video documentary)
Himself (segment "Netty's Girl")
 
2000 2000 MTV Movie Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.16 (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Chris Rock Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1998 MTV Sports & Music Festival 2 (TV movie)
Himself - Musical Performer
 
1998 Janet: The Velvet Rope (TV documentary)
Himself - Special Guest
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary)
Himself (A Tribe Called Quest)
 
1997 MTV News: Year in Rock 1997 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 April 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Rhyme & Reason (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Unplugged (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Yo! MTV Rap Unglugged (1991) … Himself
 
1990 Showtime at the Apollo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1990 (1990) … Himself (as A Tribe Called Quest)
 
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Holy Rollers -- Clip: Good Job Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap -- A documentary on rap music and its rise to global prominence. Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest -- A documentary on legendary hip-hop troupe A Tribe Called Quest.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album, "Kamaal the Abstract," Arista/BMG Records 07822-14685, 2002 (unreleased). See more »

Alternate Names:

Kamaal Fareed | Kamal | A Tribe Called Quest

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Trivia:

Current legal name is Kamal Ibn John Fareed. See more »

Nickname:

John See more »

Star Sign:

Aries